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Officials looking to clear area where accident occurred

Jul 02, 2011 News

A Government official who was involved in recent investigation into the death of two school children on the One Mile, Wismar, Linden road has revealed that plans are on stream to clear the area where the incident occurred.
This publication was told that a team from the Ministry of Public Works, Road Safety Department visited the area to carry out their own investigation.
An investigation found that it was almost impossible for an oncoming vehicle to see the children as the stalls on the corner would prevent drivers from seeing what is coming out the corner from which the children came out.
“Encumbrances have always been an issues in that area and we have been trying to remove the stalls but to no avail,” the official stated.
However further attempts will be made to clear the area.
On Thursday last, two cousins, Akila Samuels and 12-year old Shaka Anthony, died following an accident at One Mile, Wismar.
Samuel, who was a nursery school pupil, had her head crushed and she died on the spot while her first cousin died while undergoing emergency surgery.
The accident occurred around 12:15 PM on the Winifred Gaskin Highway in the vicinity of One Mile in front of Big Red, a popular store. The tanker is owned by Bosai Minerals, a Chinese-owned bauxite mining company that operates in Linden, Guyana.
According to a police report motor lorry GFF 9050 and motor car PKK 8621 were proceeding in opposite directions along the roadway when it is alleged that Shaka Anthony, who was towing Akila Samuels on a bicycle, rode out from an access road and collided with the motor car. As a result of the collision, the two children fell off the bicycle into the path of the motor lorry and were run over, police added.

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